The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-25 00:00:00

1 IILITAi Y. GENERAL ORbERS. The Commander in . Chitfhas received the Kitig's commands to notify to the army she splendid victosy Obtained by his troops in Spain, under the command of Lieutenant-General the Ri4lit Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, the 27th and 28th of last month, 'at the battle'of Talavera Lie la Reyna. • His Majesty is confident that his army will learn With becoming exultation, that the enemy, after escaping by a precipitate retreat from the well-con certed attack, with which Sir Arthur Wellesley, in conjunction with the. Spanish army, had threatened him on the 24th of. July, concentrated his force, by calling. to his aid the corps under the French General •Sebastiani, and the garrison of Madrid ; ,and thus reinforced, again approached the allied army on the 27th of July; and, on this occasion, owing to the local circumstances of its position, and to the delibe irate purpose of the enemy to direr his whole efforts against, tl~e troops of his Majesty, the British army sustained nearly the whole weight of this great:con test, and has acquired the glory of having vanquishd n French army double their numbers, not in a short and partial struggle, but in a battle obstinately con tested on two.successive days (not wholly discontinu ed even throughout the intervening night), and Ibught under circumstances which brought both inn:es into close and repeated combat. The King, in contemplating so glorious a display lot 'the valour and prowess of his troops, has been gracioUsly pleased to command that his royal appro bation of the conduct of the army serving under the ofl'imand of Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Welles ley, shall be thus publicly declared in General Or-, tiers. The Commander in Chief has received the King's commands to signify, in the most marked and spe- Vial manner, the sense his Majesty entertains of Lieutenant-General Sir Anhui. Weilesley § personal services on this memorable occasion, not less ,dis played in the result of the battle itself, than m the "consummate ability, valour, and military resource, with which the many dirriculties of this arditow, protracted contest were met and provided lor oy his experience and judgment. The conduCt of Lieutenant-General Sheibrook, second in command, has entitled him to the King's ruarlced approbatitAl. His Majesty has observ.- d, w i t h satisfaction,he manner in which he led on the troops.to the charge with the bayonet, a specks of combat which on all occasions so weil accords with the dauntless character of British soldiers. His Majesty has noticed, with the same gracious approbation, the conduct of the several General and Other Officers. All have dune their duty most of them hate had occasions of eminently distinguishing themselves, the instances of which have nut escaped bis Majesty's attention It is his Majrii)'s command, that his royal appro bation and thanks shall be gken in the most distinct and most particular manner to the non-commissioned officers and private men. la uo instauce have they displayed.with greater lustre their native valour and 'characteristic energy, nor have they on ally former occasion more decidedly proved their superiority over the inveterate enemy of their country. Brilliant, however, as is the victory obtained at Talavera, it is riot solely on that occasion that Lieu tenant-General Sir Anhui Wellesley, and the troops tinder his command, are entitled to his Majesty's applause. The important service effeded in an early part of the campaign by the same army, under the command of the same distinguished General, by the rapid march on the Duero, the passage of that river, the total discomfiture of the enemy, and his eXpnl.- %ion from the territory of one.ot his Majesty's an cient and most faithful allies, are circumstances Which have made a lasting impression on his Majes- Ws mind and have induced his Majesty to dired, that the operations of this arduous and eventful cam- Paignshall be thus recorded, as furnishing splendid examples of military skill, fortitude, perseverance, ancl,of a spirit of enterprize, calculated to produce emulation is every part of his army, and largely to add to the renown, and to the military character of the British nation. By, order of the Right Hon. the Commander in Chief, HARRY CALVERT, Adj.-Gen. Horse Guards, Aug. 18, 1809. • Extract of a Letter frotn an Officer, dated Mid dleburgh, Aug. 17.—" I yesterday went Into Flush ing, which I found almost battered to pieces : scarcely a house but has from 30 to 40 shots in it ; the Stadt-house, principal Church, and whole 'streets, burnt to ashes. Lord Chatham sent in twice to offer General Monnet to allow the women and Children to come out before the commencement of our bombardment, which he would not accept of: the poor creatures have therefore suffeted much, report says nearly 1000 inhabitanti were killed and 'wounded. The garrison march out this day to em bark for England. Antwerp, the ultimate objed `of our expedition, I hear, is very strong." • Another letter, of the same date, says, " On Friday evening the town of Flushing was still burn ing in various parts, and the streets, in several quar ters, reduced to a mass of ruins, presenting a shock ing spectacle. , The French bad been allowed three days to bury t h e i r dead ; but they only stripped an e o 'n, and threw them naked into the cellars, or _ ng the ruins. E ven the streets w hi c h h ad suf fered least from; the • bombardment, w e re strewed with hum an li mbs, swords, muskets, and arms of every ki n d , mixed in horrible confusion ; and the effluvia from the putrid bodies threatened infeotion. '.file barracks Presentett a frightful scene of slaugh ter, and the beach was covered with our cannon balls, which had rebounded from the walls of the fort, and rolled down to the water-side. When the garrison marched out, in their rage and vexation, in any of them threw their arms into the river, and others forced their swords into the ground, up to the hilt." • Several private letters were received yesterday from Nliddleburgh, dated the 21st. They state that Lord CHATHAM had that day proceeded to' Beveland himself. The amount of the force left in the Island Walcheren is 5000 men. The whole of the Bri tish fleet had assembled off Bathz, and the enemy's s hips, as we have already stated, had gone up the river above Antwerp. i)./11;1#0Tla Yesterday there uvas a General Meeting of the SQbseribers to this Fund, convened by public Adver tis*rnent. Sit FRANCIS taitt . NG (the Chairman) shortly open .i.crthe business for which the Meeting had been con. vetted. It was in Consequence ot the sense lately expressed by a numerous and most respectable Meet ing of Merchants and Bankers, that the Committee perfettly coincided in the opinion of that Meeting, and at their 'recommendation thought it proper to convene a General Meeting of the Subscribers. It was now six years • since the public were first ap pealed to by the Committee; and the subscriptions which had been received at that time very greatly surpassed the warmest hopes ofthose who were the first promoters of the Institution. More than 400,0001. had now been received ; but, on the other hand, relief had been atliarded to many thousands of wounded and disabled men, and to the families of , those who had fallen in the service of their country. As the war was now on laud, where the losses are much greater than in sea-fights, the claims upon the Fund would consequently be in future more nu merous ; and as the entire sum originally subscribed would go no farther than the present claims upon it, it appeared necessary replenish the Fund, and again appeal to the liberality of the public. A Gen tleman of the Committee (Mr. Marryait) was pre pared to state fully to them the manner in which the Fond had hitherto been applied. Mr. MARRYATT then rose, and made a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursement , of the Fund: , The suni originally received by sut'sccil:tiun was somewhat more than 350,0001. to I, , ,!•lic i n, sum was to be added the interest of the monoy',llat had been invested in the funds, and the profits on stock sold, which, added to the sum originally ttceis e, amounted to the total sum ot 424,.321. which, after deducing the suii.s vote„ 1,. icy;<-trds, t , i-- nuities, and presents, It ft a ballucc oi 0,2211 ;is, 5:). Many of the gratuities, bowel er, tucil ti,:;" :iad vo.edc had never been cl::imed, and be •f - , ,olisioe.ible profit, it the stock were sold at present price; so that he caktilatcd the actual bal nice to be about 130,0001. hich wuuid i,ro hably be entirely aosor ed uy toe cl , itus that were now expeded to be inane by tne tamiiies of about , three thousand killed, an:l sill tnonsano wounded, in cluding those who nad and wounded at the battles of Corunna and T;i:avera. he trusted that the Mcet,ing o,ld be perie4iy satisned with the conduct of the Committee, in the administra tion of the fund hithei to ; but as the charaoer ut the war had changed in a great measure, and was now carried on more by land than by sea, the Commit tee thought that new regu:ations ought to be adopted in future, as the claimants wculd probably be much more numerous. Alter he had stated the nature of the different disbursements, he should Sub mit to them some resolutions to the future manage ment Of the Fund. As to the sum given directly to the wounded and the families of those which has /alien, this amounted to ab..ut 250,0001. and was a part of the expenditure about which there could be no obje&ion. it would appear by the accounts that 40,0001. • had beets given to the Naval and Military Asylum, for which that Society under took to receive and educate all the children, of either sex, recommended by the Committee, whose • cases could gibe them any claim upon the Patriotic Fund. The price of advertising in the public pa pers amounted to no less than 11,0001. Great as this sum was, he. was convinced that it Would not have been for the interest of the Fund to have been more sparing of expeuce on this subject. On the contrary, the Committee received many letters of complaint, if they delayed tote advertising the re ceipt of the smaller subscriptions. The amount of the sums voted as rewards to merit, amount ed in the whole to 16,0001. and it wool , ' be recollected, that it was one of toe resolutions of the original subscribers, that rewards or honourable • badges should be given to distinguished merit. There had been some little difference of opinion upon the propriety of donations of this sort; but he thought, that from necessity, they must be dispensed with in future. The claims of merit alone must yield, to merit accompanied by 'distress. He would here take occasion to answer some observations which had been.made against the institution itself, as inter fering with the Legislature. If this hard-hearted ciocs trine were to prevail, it would go as well to cry down all public charities, or private benevolence. It might as well be argued, that, because the Legislature had established Poor Rates and Workhouses, it was in terfering with the Legislature to give any assistance to the poor. Besides the alleviation of private dis tress and suffering, the Fund had been produaive of a very great public advantage. It was well known, that a great cause of the repugnance of the poor to let their children go into the army, or navy, was, that they thought that they should thereby, it any casualty happened, lose that assistance from them In the decline of life, which otherwise they might have expected. This repugnance was, in a great 'measure, done away by the sums which it was known the Patriotic Fund paid to the aged parents of those who fell in the service of their country. Perhaps, at some future period, the Legislature might think it proper to. adopt such a regulation. There was a sum of about 16,0001. which had been-voted to the relief of British prisoners in France. This did not come under the letter of the original resolutions, but it came within the spirit of them. When Bur. ta pane refused to permit an accredited agent for English prisoners to remain in France, or any supplies to be furnished them by the British Government, many of these prisoners were reduced to the greatest dis tress; and the Committee had only given such re lief as amounted to an addition of • three halfpence a-day to the allowance of the aged, the infirm, and the sick, who were not able to endure such privations as those, who were in health. They hid also esta blished an ii::espital and a school at every depot of pri soners in trance. This money had been managed with such ccconomy and attention by those who SU permteded the distribution of it, that he believed more good was never done at less expence, and that this was an expenditure which ought to be continued. With respect to the wounded,he apprehended that there must bean alteration; and that for the future, the relief could only be given to those who were disabled by their wounds. Those who were wounded slightly, or even severely, would not wish to be paid for the mere pain of their wound, at the expense of the wi dows and orphans of their companions who had This AitentiOn Le stiob:d atsop . ropose shape of a resolution. After .several general ob§erva . - iions, on the advantages already derived froen an ac peal to the generosity of the public, he concluded by moving a resolution for a similar appeal on the pre sent occasion. This resolution was seconded by Mr. BONAR, and carried unanimously. Before the other resolutions were read; A Member of the Committee took the occasion to observe, that although the charatier of the war was changed, the charaCier of the people had' been found the same on land as on the seas. The Fiend) had accustomed to boast, that we were unequal to them on land ; but now in a variety of a6tions, and par ticularly at the glorious battle of Talavera, 9. 0,000 British troops had been found sufficient to repel the attack of near 1.' , 0,000 Frenchmen. If ever Boona parte should now venture to invade this country, he would find that we know bow to resist him when • fighting on our own grOund, as well as when fight ing to defend our allies. The Resolutions were all carried unanimously, as were also Votes of Thanks to the Chairman and to tlw Committee. Sir Francis Baring and Mr. Marryatt, in the name of the Committee, returned thanks. An additional subscription then comm e nced; which, we understand, was very considerable. FUNKY CLUB. The Gentlemen belonging to the above Club gave, yesterday, a handsome wherry, to the best of six pairs of oars, which was ►o be determined by two heats. The competitors were— Thomas Loader Id ward Burch joint Flowers Witham Mayor Abraham Lock - Robert Brockittg James Stewart - John .trizern.m Edward Hallam josei.h Royal 7 oho Loader, James Taylor - Old Swan. - 5 Pepper-alley. 5- Three Cranes. ▪ Strand .I anc. ? Westminster Bridge. S B.ttersea. Westminster Bridge. - 5 stangAte. ▪ Vauxhall. S • 2 Bankside. S Stangate. They started at fonr o'clock, from Westminster Bridge, and rowed round a boat moored off the Adelphi—and back to another boat moored off Vaux ball:--and back through the centre arch of West minster Bridge. In the first heat the start was cor rect and satisfattory, The boats kept abreast of each other, until they got to Hungerford Stairs, when the grand exertion kvas made to get round the sta tion boat. In this struggle they crossed and fouled each other, and Edward Hallam, of Vauxhall-stairs, received a violent blow on the breast with the blade of one of his antagonist's oars, which knocked him back vkards and disabled him ; but his partner, Jo seph Royal, exerted himself and got round the boat, after which they declined the contest, Hallam being very much bruised in his left shoulder. Five only proceeded after this accident, and came in for the first heat, as follow : James Stewart and John Prizemari, Ist, Thomas Loader and Edward Burch, 2d, John Loader and James Taylor, Those that started lot the second heat were Abraham Lock and Robert Brocking, James Stewart and John Prizeman, John Loader and James Taylor. This heat was not contested until near seven o'clock, on account of the heavy rain, which by that time bad cleared Old Father Thames, of the numerous visitors who had • assembled on the occaion. At last the boats started, the men being without their shirts, on account of the rain, and, atter a hard struggle, James Stewart and John Prizeman were declared victors.-- We did not hear of any accident. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LISBON OF THE 16TH INST. " Affairs have taken a new turn between the combined ,army and the enemy. After the glorious victory of Talavera de,la Reyna, the English, under the gallant Sir ARTHUR, and the Spaniards, under CUESTA, were doo:red to ina(‘,tivity, owing to many causes, particularly the want of, provisions, horses, and carts. in the mean time the enemy were not The corps of NEY, SOULT, and I.Vioturtaa, having united, marched direct upon Placentia, with an intent to arrive at the bridges of Aimaraz and Ar cebispo before the combined armies, leaving them, as it were, no other passage of the Tagus but at To ledo ; and in order to gain thdt, it ould be neces sary,to defeat the enemy in front, while this power ful corps of 24,000 men hung on their rear. This plan entirely failed, for the indefatigable Sir Att ' Tuurt immediately wheeled about and gained both bridges, carrying best part of his sick and wounded with him, a small portion remaining behind for want of conveyance. Part of the combined army has al ready arrived at Truxillo, and is to tall back upon Merida, where provisions, reinforcements, and all the horses, mulesoand carts of Liwer Estremadura and Andalusia are going with the greatest expedi tion. VENEGAS will probably fall back to his old position ; and in that case will form a right wing of Sir ARTHUR'S army, who has just been nominated Generalissimo of all the forces in Spain. General BERESFORD marched from Cuidad Rodrigo to join the combined army." The Ladies of Brazil, if they cannot boast of the delicacy of British beauties, certainly lay claim to the charatieristic of extreme frankness and unrl-serv ed demeanour, in a much greater degree. It is an universal custom with them, upon seeing a stranger, to expreSs at once, unasked, their opinion of him 5 so that from the first interview, he never afterwards can be at .a loss to shape his behaviour, provided " he out-steps not the mudesty of nature," which too many of our countrymen were in the habit of doing, mistaking cheerfulness, of mind for levity of manners, till experience made them a little more sage. The Spanish sheep are removed occasionally from Si. James's Park to the grounds behind Buckingham house. The'good order of their march up the road in the Green Park 'to the gate at Hyde Park Corner is much noticed. Two shepherds come first, whom seldom any of the sheep attempt to pass. Down the center, at regular intervals, move four stately rams, with bells round their necks. Three shep herds and two large dogs close the procession, in whith there is nothing of the noise, or bustle, the carelessness, at one time, and the vehemence at an other, of our drovers. SPORTING IIiTTLI,LrOENCE READING RAGS. WEDNEipAy, AUcusT 22. , Fifty Pounds tor all age's. Your-mile hears; Mr. Dilly'. Gnatho, 6 yrs old - - - Mr. Lewis's b. h. Talisman - - .. Mr. CrOft's BacChanail An easy race -3 to lon the winner. ~ . L ; - YORK AUGUST TUESDAY, AUG. 22, Sweepstakes of zags. each for two years old colts, 2:f. 71b. Bst. zlb. I'WO-year olds Course. Four Sub.. scribers. Mr. Topham's b. f. by tsorictit Sir T. Cascoigne's h. f. by Paynaior, two paid forfeit. 5 to 2 on the winner—Won vcry easy. I + 2 - t " - - . Fifty Pounds for horses, &c. of all ages. Four-mile heat;.. Mr. I. Bell's b. c. Rover, z yrs old - - Mr. Willian b. h Cardi na l York, 5 yrs old - z Mr. Carforth's C. by Harribletonian, 3 yrs old - - - 3 3 Mr. licwitt's b. c. Teaile EYitch, 4 yrs old - 4 4 One paid tbrteit. , 3 tot on Cardinal Y or k.—Af ter t h e fir st h e a t 2 Ito on Rover.—A good Race the second heat: GENERAL HILL.--=As many of the fiends of thii gallant soldier have expressed much anxiety resped= ing his welfare, after the wound he received in the battle of Talavera, we have authority to State th 6 following particulars relative to his very providential escape on that tremendous day :—Being eupged. in close conflict with the enemy. on toe evening of the 27th July, a French soldier seized bith by tit right arm, and endeavoured' to pull him otf his horse, but the animal immediately sprang forwards, and extricated him from his perilous situation the soldier then fired, but happily missed his aim— Eirly in the aetion of the 28th the General's hdrse was. stabbed in the belly; an Officer supplied hint With another, which was also presently wounded in two places. It was only a short time before the ene my gave up the contest , that the General hitasellwaS struck with a musket ball, which, grazing his left ear, gave him so violent a blow on the head, that 6e was obliged to leave the field. The consequences were less alarming than might have been expected, and his friends have had the gratification of being assured by a letter, written with his own hand two . days alter the action, that he was recovering as fast as possible. General HILL 'has to regret the loss of M. FORDYC,E, his Brigade-Major, who was killed in the affitir of the 27th—a most able and brave Officer; beloved and respeaed by all his military friends, atid highly esteemed by the army it) general. The two Aides-de-Camp of General HILL, Capt. CLEMENT HILL and Captain CURRIE, had their horses killed under them; but provickntially neither of them . received any personal injury. Captain CLEMENT HILL'S horse had three musket balls in hint.--(Su- &pan Journal.) CORONER's fNQUEST.—A shocking accident hap pened at the house of Mrs. Springe, in Oxford road, on Sunday night last. A young lady, of the name of Noble, and an aged mother, occupied the first floor and garrets cf the house; and soon after twelve o'clock. Miss Noble was seen to fail from the window of the front attic, and it is needless to add, she was killed on the spot. This awful catastrophe happened while the deceased was walking in her sleep, v:hich was so customary with her, that the ad did not 'excite surprize, nor did it awake the mo ther. 'The deceased had gone into the street twin nights previously to this melancholy event. The Jury brought in a verdict of .elccidental Death. Some few days since, as the Bishop of EXETER was stooping to inspeCt the heels of one of his saddle horses, and giving direaions to hi s groom, he re. ceived a kick on .the temple, but happily without any serious consequences, as his Lordship was barely within reach of the animal. A meeting of'the Magistrates of the County of Surrey, amongst whom were Lord MONTFORT, Sir RICHARD ONSL.Dvv, Sir JO5. MAWBEY, Bart. Rev. E. W. WHITAKEE, ROBERT PORTER, and RO BERT SPARKS, Esqrs. was held on Wednesday, at the Swan Inn, Cltertsey, in pursuance of a special sum mons, for the purpose of • investigating the unfor'u nate affair of the murder of William lley, so - ne particulars of which we have already given. Eight' or ten medical Gentlemen, with many other wit nesses, were examined at considerable length,' as to the cause of the dea.b of the deceased ; and, atter the most minute investigation, the Magistrates were fully satisfi e d -that he had died in consequence of the blows he had received from William Vincent, who way-laid him on his return to his work. A warrant was accordingly issued to apprehend him, in order that he might take his trial ; and the several parties were bound over to prosecute. Notice of the mea sure with a full description, was dispatched to Bow 4 street, offering a reward of 401. for his apprehen sion. The result of this investigation, so higiily laudable to the Magistracy of the Surrey District, afforded universal satisfaalion, to a very crowded Court, and the country in general. SNII3'IIFI ELD MARKET, AUGUST 25. This day's Market had but a short supply of dif ferent kinds of Cattle; Beef, Mutton, Pork, and Lamb, sold at last prices ; Veal is cheaper ; and the trade for the most part was not over brisk.—The sales in the Haymarket were trifling; Hay and Straw fetched better prices than Monday's Market ; Clover obtained last price.--Tire undermentioned prices and numbers are an accurate statement : To sink the 01Ed per stone of Sib. Beef 4s. 2d, to ss. ed.—Mutton 4s. 2d. to ss. od.—Veli 4s. Bd. to 6s. 4d.—Bork od. to 6s. 6d.-I,amb ss. ed. to 6s. ed. Beasts, 48.3.—Sheep and Lambs, 4,soo.—Calves, 243. Piis, 345• SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET, Hay, 51. ros. od. to 61. tos.o(l.—Straw, 11. iss. cd. to 23. 2S. od.—Clover 61. los. od. to 71. 15? . . od. CORN-EXCHANGE, AUG-. 25.-.-The supplies ,of Wheat here to•day are but short, which has the ef feet of sales being at,a small increase in price; the supply of Barley is likewise very short, and fully at the late advance ; Malt also ; Pease and 13eans of the two kinds keep their prices 5 Oats are in short supply, and this trade is a g ain quoted higher; Prices of Flour as our last--fine American 525. to 555. per barrel. Wheat - gos a gos a 1044 1 Tick - Beans - -45 s a Sts Fine ditto - - I,,ss a togs Oats - - 3os a 34s a 37 8 Rye - - - . 524 a sgs Poland of .o - -38 s a 41s 13;:r.zy • - -38 s a 46s Potatoe ditto - —s a 444 11 , l,: - .. - - . -74 s a gzs Rape Seed - - ,501 a 54i White Pease -82 s a 928, Fine Flour - Bos a 85s Grey ditto - -46 s a 52$ Seoncts - -. ,- 73s a Sos Beans . . ' . i6s A Ins